Dr. Michael Wesch
NDBMBU-txt doum musoli Edith Turner
students need to learn to ask questions
sonyvegas movie maker pwn
netvibes
Do our institutions support learning? NO
there is a new reality
ubiquitious
knowledgeable to knowledge-able
more than information literacy and critical thinking
knowledge-ability=communication, thoughtfulness and empathy all interconnected,
transformational-from finding meaning to making meaning
This transformation is not reserved for the high school but school being environments that enocurage children to make
Think about what learning environments would look like at every level if we set out to help children become meaning makers.

fixed and static nature of print
(impacts of printing press)
The cries of the public and educators about technology/media mirror those made about printing press, tv etc/
1.when a new media comes in, there are lots of changes that occur that are unintended
2. when a new media comes in, there is no opting out

weforum.org (spoof we-forum.org)
YESMEN
"the social imagination" the capacity to invent visions of what could be and should be" Maxine Greene
information literacy to meta-media fluency-digital citizenship
MAKE A BETTER WORLD
communication is no longer oneway

1 million dollars-superball commercial when user-generated can cost almost nothing
video-The Machine is Using Us
Not about information but about how we are connected to each other.
user-generated, co-creation
user generated content,filtering organization user-genrated user generated
rethink commerce (ebay, zilok, swaptree, rent empty rooms, rent car)
every where that you see a middleman you see a career in jeopardy
rethink governance, politics
DoTank
a hero of mediated "freeHugs"
SHAWN AHMED walked out and went to Bangladesh and worked with the people UP uncultured projects
OPSOUND-global collaboration of musicians (opensource)
Whitacre utube reording himslef conducting, released sheetmusic
Open street map (better street info than goggle)


dove
True Colors AXE
fear-loss of control, depersonal
there are new opportunities-good and bad- bring it to the light side or work to change it

what is it like being a student today? video-a vision of students today
Change the Message
786,432 points of light projector
powerpoint dump

Power corrupts
Powerpoint corrupts absolutely

Knowledge-ability is a practice. It is really hard. We can do hard things!
1.engage real problems (real outside classroom, one that you do not know the answer to
2. with students (you are a student too)
3. harnessing the right tool -technology
invite to read everything and anything and put on goggledocs about the problem
student blogs RSS feed put into a yahoo pipe
anthropological introduction to youtube video

in his class (anthropology) each student becomes an expert on a culture
Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
simulation game rules
Margaret Mead quote....never doubt..change the world..
have students create a unique tag
Yahoo pipes-catches tags, tweets and keeps that communities work together

outline of purpose driven course
1.exploration stage
2.guided introduction to the field (teacher steps in to help synthesize and expand (watch great documentary and thenlay out rubrics as to what makes a great documentary0
3.self guided research 9free to explore interest that is relevant to group piece :everyone creates trailers abut their topic-do crazy things together
4. publish research
KYHOI-knock your head off idea
5.collaborative research -and video

buddy.press

assessment:depends on group-usually the assessment is group , less about assigning a grade and more about getting better at what they do-if group is homongenous-the group goal works. If great difference in engagement???

Calibrated Peer Review (university level) but could be driven down-after they write an essay, they are given 3 essays (all cleverly written by teacher great, ok, bad) then they grade a peer and then they get their own paper back to self asses-
Anthropoligical
Transformation in Learning
look up "why you should drop facebook" on line
this new media is leveling the playing field
-inspirational talk, community building, play and fun but this is really important stuff-when community breaks down the mesoli sticks (eskimo) hod the stick it brings out whatever is in the heart -the truth-let your heart talk-can't set stick down until problem is solved-heal community and move forward-recognize

mediated cultures:digital ethnography at Kansas State University
student learning outcomes-21st century skill outcomes missing